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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos

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Lisa Batiashvili (violin)

Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Batiashvili focuses on poetic intimacy in this deeply thoughtful performance. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017 More…
Release Date: 4th Nov 2016

Catalogue No: 4796038

Label: DG

Length: 70 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2016
- BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Concerto Choice
- Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the Month
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
- Record Review, 28th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)

Trifonov’s approach is to search out through rounded and constantly beautiful piano tone the music’s pre-Debussyian side – a legitimate take on Liszt’s radical streak, keeping any risk of meretricious... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 7th Oct 2016

Catalogue No: 94795529

Label: DG

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 7th October 2016
- Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Disc of the Month
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Instrumental
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
- ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
- Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
- Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Bach, J S: French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV812-817

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Murray Perahia (piano)

Perahia is unrivalled in coaxing a subtle dialogue in the dances that resort to the artful pared-back minimalism of the two-part invention. There’s nowhere to hide and Perahia’s effortless variety... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 4th Nov 2016

Catalogue No: 4796565

Label: DG

Length: 91 minutes
Awards:
- BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
- Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Disc of the Month
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Instrumental
- Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos

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Cadenzas by Andreas Staier

Isabelle Faust (violin)

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

remarkably smooth and sweet toned playing … the ‘Turkish’ episode…is splendidly done, its snarling crescendos well-handled by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, and the percussive bow-slapping... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 28th Oct 2016

Catalogue No: HMC902230/31

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2016
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Concerto
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year
- BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9

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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Nelsons is spry and precisioned and his insistence on super-keen rhythm pays off big-time...The Fifth Symphony is quite marvellous...and like the Tenth should dominate the catalogue for a long... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…
Release Date: 27th May 2016

Catalogue No: 4795201

Label: DG

Series: Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2016
- Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
- ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
- Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Orchestral Performance
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3, 6 & 7

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Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

The orchestra's sound under Vänskä has a kind of sharp-focus richness that's never cloying. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2016 More…
Release Date: 29th Jul 2016

Catalogue No: BIS2006

Label: BIS

Series: Osmo Vänskä Sibelius Symphonies

Length: 81 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 29th July 2016
- BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Orchestral Choice
- Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Orchestral
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Esfahani's contributions are the extraordinary range and delicacy of his touch and his scrupulous attention to matching phrasing. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016 More…
Release Date: 26th Aug 2016

Catalogue No: 4795929

Label: DG

Length: 78 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 26th August 2016
- BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Instrumental Choice
- BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Instrumental Winner
- Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

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Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

Goerne remains a fine lieder singer … he shows a careful attention to text … he finds a contemplative depth for the Four Serious Songs, however, with the sorrow and tenderness of the second beautifully... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016 More…
Release Date: 10th Jun 2016

Catalogue No: HMC902174

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Length: 55 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 17th June 2016
- Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
- Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets

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BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson

John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016 More…
Release Date: 29th Jan 2016

Catalogue No: CHSA5164

Label: Chandos

Series: Copland Orchestral Works

Length: 79 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2016
- BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Orchestral Choice
- Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Offer, Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 5

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it’s just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony (the Fifth) as it is to be refreshed by... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 10th Jun 2016

Catalogue No: ONYX4150

Label: Onyx

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Awards:
- Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2016
- BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year/Orchestral Winner
- Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
- Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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